Judge, 1926-04-17 · page 29 of 36
Judge — April 17, 1926 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains several satirical items and advertisements typical of early-20th-century American humor. The cartoons and jokes mock everyday situations: a concert singer injured at the piano, domestic disputes (a magistrate dismissing assault charges when the woman supposedly provokes her abuser), Irish stereotypes (an Irishman's supposedly illogical courtroom response), and motoring mishaps (a pedestrian lost while "walking to reduce"). There's also satirical commentary on efficiency experts playing saxophone—implying they're incompetent even at self-improvement activities. The advertisements reveal period anxieties: women's fears about aging (Mary Goldman's Hair Color Restorer), and the prominence of patent medicines like Abbott's Bitters—products making dubious health claims that would later be regulated. The *Judge* magazine subscription offers suggest the publication competed for readers by bundling subscription deals. Overall, the page reflects turn-of-the-century middle-class anxieties about appearance, propriety, and social standing, presented through genteel humor targeting immigrants, women, and the aspiring classes.
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Concert singer who never could reach high the piano top falls on her finger. “Life Is Like That” (Continued from page 15) yet with a certain American k. LT could be morbid myself, if I tried, within limitations. But no, my attitude is that life is like almost everything. When you see something going on, life is pretty sure to be like that. There are many instances of life’s being wholesome and happy. If you don’t believe me, stand on a street corner, any street. corner, for two years, and you will see signs of joy and happiness. Schoolgirls giggling over a soda in a corner drug store. A gent Lovers strolling. ‘The moon shining, pro- viding there is a moon. Who was it who said, life is like such a number of things, God's in His heaven, all's right with the world? Life, then, is like everything, so when anybody says of anything in particular that life is like that, let us give him a good swing in the jaw. smoking a cigar. : : ? E achieves the feat when The idea of a man of your size beating a poor weak woman like that. Prisoner Magistrate (severely) But, your worship, she keeps irritating me all the time. “How does she irritate you?” “Why, she keeps saying. “Hit me! Beat me! Just hit me once, and I'll have you hauled up before that bald- headed old reprobate of a magistrate, and see what he'll do with you.” “Discharged.” Staffordshire Sentinel tt Among the prisoners arraigned hefore the court was an Irishman. “Are you guilty or not guilty asked the judge in a stern voice. “Faith, an’ that’s yer business.” honor’s Ansiers sot Passing Motorist—Want a lift? The. Pedestrian—No, thanks: I'm walking to reduce. “Well, you're lost. This is the road to Reading. Answers hey ts my 0) S Cf X 4 SAVE YOUR BREATH The efficiency expert takes up the saxophone. 7 Your First Gray Hair Have you found it? HERE will be more, you know, stop them. Gray hair comes gets started. Middle-age comes The wise woman begins at once to stop the ay, before it shows. She uses the scientific cosmetic preparation which never fails to re- store original color, perfectly. Mail coupon for free trial bottle of Mary man’s Hair Color Restorer. Test E le lock of hair, Watch the gray go, re- 1 by youthful color urn ease of application—simply by comb- hrough hair. And how how dainty, whole process. Mary joldman’s is a clear, colorless liquid—nothing to wash off, rub off, interfere with shampooing or with waving. Mail “Free Bottle" coupon Use X to indicate color of hair, Patented Trial Kit, by return mail, explaining all. Over 10,000,000 bottles sold = == == Please print your name and addrese = === MARY T. GOLDMAN, 1233-D Goldman Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. Black . dark medium brown........ auburn (dark light brown..... ght auburn (light blonde... Date. JUDGE West 43d Street, New York N.Y I want JupGE for myself. | I have checked below accept the offer Herewith is $1.00 (check, cash, stamps, money- order) for 10 weeks of JUDGE Herewith is $2.00 (check cash, money-order) for 21 weeks of JUDGE. Herewith — find (check, cash, money der) for one year's sub- scription to JUDGE. Name ] Address I City I State FOR YOURSELY ABBOTT'S Tonic Appetizer For 52 Years BITTERS G Sample by rail. 25¢ C.W. Abbott & Co., Ballo., Md,